Cayton Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Mill Lane, Cayton, Scarborough, YO11 3NN – View on map
- Phone: 01723582910
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Juliet Monaghan
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 40 families put it first for 29 places – 14 for every 10 places. 73% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 29 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 11 · 2025 11 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 37
- % eligible for free school meals: 17.6%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 4.5% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 91% moved to another school, 9% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in North Yorkshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2015 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 61% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 67% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 81% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 81%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 106
- Based on: 31 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 119th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =115St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy62%
- =115Sutton on the Forest Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School62%
- =119Cayton Community Primary School61%
- =119Moorside Primary School & Nursery61%
- =119Skipton, Water Street Community Primary School61%
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44th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #42Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary SchoolGood
- #43Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
- #44Cayton Community Primary SchoolGood
- #45Chapel Haddlesey Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #46Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,625 (2024-25)
243rd of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #241Carlton Miniott Primary Academy£5,657
- #242Riverside School, Tadcaster£5,655
- #243Cayton Community Primary School£5,625
- #244Rossett Acre Primary School£5,547
- #245Hookstone Chase Primary School£5,532
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